Japanese potato croquettes (Korokke) コロッケ
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5.0
207 reviews
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Cook Time
mins
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Total Time
40 mins
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Servings
8
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Calories
383 kcal
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Course
Side Dish, Main Course, Snacks
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Cuisine
Japanese
Japanese potato croquettes (Korokke) コロッケ
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Delicious "hoku hoku" Japanese potato croquettes recipe
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Ingredients
- 1lb/500g starchy potatoes *1
- 0.3lb/120g ground beef
- 0.15lb/70g onion *2
- 0.15lb/70g carrot *3
- 1/2 tbs olive oil
- oil for deep frying
Coating
- 1 egg
- 4 tbs plain flour
- 3 tbs water
- 1 tbs Kewpie mayonnaise
- 2 cups of Japanese panko bread crumb *4
Instructions
- Peel and dice the potatoes.
- Cook the potatoes in boiling water for about 10 minutes.
- While the potato is being cooked, chop the onion and carrot finely and set aside.
- Heat olive oil in a frying pan over high heat and add the mince to cook.
- When the color of most of the ground beef changes, add onion and carrot to cook for about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Set aside.
- Check if the potatoes are cooked by inserting a skewer. If it goes through, the potato is cooked.
- Strain the water from the potatoes, put them back in the pot and shake them around to rough up the outsides a little. *5
- Then mash the potato with a potato masher while the potato is warm.
- Add cooked ground beef, onion and carrot to the mashed potato and combine them all well.
- Divide the mix into 8 equal sized flat ovals. *6
- Combine the egg, water, mayonnaise, and flour in a small bowl to make a batter. *7
- Coat each of the ovals with the batter, then place the potato oval into the panko crumbs.
- Coat all potato ovals with the panko crumbs.
- Heat deep frying oil in a deep pan until it reaches around 350°F (180°C). *8
- Fry each of the potato ovals until crispy and golden brown.
- Serve croquettes with salad leaves or any side dish of your choice. *9
Notes
- *1 Choose starchy type potatoes such as Classic Idaho or Russet.
- *2 or half a small onion
- *3 or half of a small carrot
- *4 I recommend to use Panko crumb, if you can not access commercial panko, you can make your own panko from white bread that is as good as commercially made panko.
- *5 This technique is called "Kofuki imo" which removes extra moisture in the potato, in order to make the "Hokku, hoku" texture.
- *6 I sometimes make 2 of 1/8 potions into smaller sized korokke for Bento Lunch box.
- *7 This is the shortcut step discussed in the post. Usually cover with flour, then dip into beaten egg, and then coat with Panko crumb.
- 8* If you don’t have a thermometer you can check if the oil is the correct temperature by dropping a bread crumb into the oil. If the bread crumb drops about halfway down into the oil, then floats back up – you are at the perfect temperature.
- *9 Or you can freeze them for later use. Before deep frying, freeze them. Then wrap with cling wrap individually and place them in a ziplock bag. It will store for a month in freezer and will be great for Obento lunch menu.
- *calories of the potato croquettes are indication only as the deep frying oil is difficult to accurately measured.
Nutrition Information
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Calories
383kcal
(19%)
Carbohydrates
61g
(20%)
Protein
13g
(26%)
Fat
9g
(14%)
Saturated Fat
2g
(10%)
Cholesterol
31mg
(10%)
Sodium
472mg
(20%)
Potassium
473mg
(14%)
Fiber
4g
(16%)
Sugar
4g
(8%)
Vitamin A
1490IU
(30%)
Vitamin C
4.7mg
(5%)
Calcium
127mg
(13%)
Iron
4.2mg
(23%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 8Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 383 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 383kcal | 19% |
| Carbohydrates | 61g | 20% |
| Protein | 13g | 26% |
| Fat | 9g | 14% |
| Saturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Cholesterol | 31mg | 10% |
| Sodium | 472mg | 20% |
| Potassium | 473mg | 10% |
| Fiber | 4g | 16% |
| Sugar | 4g | 8% |
| Vitamin A | 1490IU | 30% |
| Vitamin C | 4.7mg | 5% |
| Calcium | 127mg | 13% |
| Iron | 4.2mg | 23% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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